Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 5:15

"I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly." — Hosea 5:15 (ASV)

Tenderness blends with judgment, and insulted love bleeds and hopes. The image of the lion is dropped. Jehovah speaks of “His own place”—Heaven. He will cause all manifestations of His regard for them to cease until “they suffer punishment, and seek my face,” and, like the prodigal in the flush of a new morning, will arise and go to the Father.